Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico
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Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico is the section of the Florentine Codex that narrates the Spanish invasion and fall of the Aztec Empire from both Indigenous Nahua and Spanish perspectives.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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historical narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bernardino de Sahagún
NERFINISHED
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Franciscan ethnographic project in New Spain ⓘ Nahua scribes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | from arrival of Spaniards on the Gulf Coast to fall of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Nahua society in central Mexico
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early colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| describes |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
NERFINISHED
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encounter between Spaniards and Nahua peoples ⓘ fall of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
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ethnohistorical source ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Hernán Cortés’s expedition to central Mexico
NERFINISHED
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La Noche Triste NERFINISHED ⓘ death of Moctezuma II ⓘ siege of Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ smallpox epidemic in central Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 16th century ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| locationOfManuscript | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bilingual Nahuatl–Spanish presentation in the Florentine Codex
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contrast between Nahua and Spanish narratives ⓘ detailed Indigenous eyewitness accounts ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perspective |
Indigenous Nahua perspective
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Spanish perspective ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Book I of the Florentine Codex
NERFINISHED
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Book II of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IX of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book V of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VI of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VII of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VIII of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book X of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ Book XI of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
Aztec Empire
NERFINISHED
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Indigenous responses to conquest ⓘ Spanish Empire in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ political alliances and betrayals ⓘ religious dimensions of conquest ⓘ violence and warfare in the conquest of Mexico ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
anthropologists
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ethnohistorians ⓘ historians of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
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